Average cost ($/ha) of pruning^a from 81/82 to 97/98, by region

Year

Cariboo

Kamloops

Nelson

P. George

P. Rupert

Vancouver

PROVINCE

663

791

1 094

1 080

902

841

893

815

846

762

1 042

1 240

1 060

1 211

773

929

792

948

920

880

882

942

883

794

879

1 002

939

977

942

787

1 225

953

1 160

1 037

888

956

797

854

629

1 089

913

946

935

787

952

859

1 145

1 012

1. Costs are weighted average on-site operating costs (equipment, transportation and wages) for first and second lift pruning, excluding overhead costs (initial field inspection, planning and prescription, site delineation, general supervision of project and final inspection to check quality) as reported in Ministry of Forests information systems.

Data source: MoF annual reports.